rau

Sentences
An user
Meaning

rough

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʁaʊ̯/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German rūch, from Old High German rūh, from Proto-Germanic *rūhwaz. Though etymologically justified, the silent h was abolished in 1996 because rauh was the only word in which it was used after the diphthong -au-. Cognate with Dutch ruig and ruw, English rough (which see).

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